Tag:Rep. David Lewis

Republicans want to protect their supermajority in the General Assembly. No surprise there. What does have political analysts talking is how openly GOP leaders have stated that as a goal as they draw new, court-ordered legislative maps. Earlier this year, a federal three-judge…

Lawmakers won’t consider race when they redraw legislative maps to meet a Sept. 1 federal court deadline. Republicans on the House and Senate redistricting committee made that clear as they swatted down repeated objections from Democrats in a Thursday committee meeting. The decision not to use…

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s foster kids are not all right. More than 12,000 children are wards of the state — up about 25 percent over the past five years, Sen. Tamara Barringer, R-Wake, told Carolina Journal. No one can…

After two rushed committee meetings Tuesday, Senate Bill 68 seems on its way to quick passage. The floor vote on the measure merging the State Board of Elections and the State Ethics Commission is on Thursday’s House calendar. But even if…

The Senate’s sweeping $1 billion tax cut plan passed its first vote Tuesday along party lines. But even bigger news — and a larger tax cut — might emerge from the House. Rep. David Lewis, R-Harnett, a vice chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said after the Senate…

Updated, 4:17 p.m. to include statement from Gov. Roy Cooper. RALEIGH — Juvenile offenders 16 and older are charged and tried in North Carolina as adults, no matter how minor the offense. State lawmakers call the law outrageous, and Gov. Roy Cooper agrees. House Bill…

A bipartisan group of House members this morning filed a bill to amend the state constitution to prevent government taking private property. House Bill 3, the first proposed legislation filed as lawmakers returned to Raleigh today, states: “Private property shall not be taken by eminent domain except for a…